Day Watch (,
Dnevnoy dozor, a.k.a.
Night Watch 2: The Chalk of Fate), is a 2006 Russian
dark fantasy action film written and directed by
Timur Bekmambetov. Marketed as "the first film of the year", it opened in theatres across Russia on 1 January 2006, the United States on 1 June 2007, and the United Kingdom on 5 October 2007. It is a
sequel to the
2004 film Night Watch, featuring the same cast. It is based on the second and the third part of
Sergey Lukyanenko's novel
The Night Watch rather than its follow-up novel
Day Watch. The film's budget was
USD$4.2 million.
Fox Searchlight paid $2 million to acquire the worldwide distribution rights (excluding Russia and the
Baltic states) of this film. This film grossed $31.9 million at the Russian box office alone.